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Japan is so far ahead in so many ways.
If we bought a few less bombs, we could probably afford nice things.
— Eric Foltz (@ericfoltz.bsky.social) 2026-04-02T23:23:05.098Z
One thing I'd like to see from the next presidency would be to appoint a special commission to prepare a report on the actual cost to defend the United States from attack.
Not foreign wars.
Just the cost to defend this country.